Project Gutenberg 2009-12-10 Public domain in the USA. 113 Brownell, Gertrude Hall 1863 1961 Hall, Gertrude Leake, Gerald 1885 17010200 Aurora the Magnificent Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Aurora the Magnificent" by Gertrude Hall Browning is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in Florence, Italy, weaving the experiences of an American consular family, prominently featuring Mr. Jerome Foss, the consul, and his family. The novel explores themes of cultural encounters, the exploration of art and beauty, and the dynamics of interpersonal relationships in a foreign land. At the start of the novel, we meet Mr. Foss, who reflects on the beauty of Florence while walking home from his consulate. As he ponders the artistic inspirations of his surroundings, his thoughts shift to his family, who are engaged in their own social pursuits. The busy scene highlights the arrival of new American acquaintances, specifically Mrs. Aurora Hawthorne and her daughter, Miss Estelle Madison, who bring a blend of curiosity and modernization to the Italian setting. The development of their relationships with the Foss family sets the stage for interactions shaped by cultural differences and personal aspirations, hinting at the unfolding narrative of encounters that challenge social norms and perspectives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 802174 802183 2024-09-13T06:20:54.919333 2023-09-13T11:09:27.883187 text/html text/html 832358 2021-01-05T22:38:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 782759 2021-01-05T22:38:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 837598 2024-09-13T06:21:05.804314 application/epub+zip 849869 2024-09-13T06:20:56.879323 application/epub+zip 374902 2024-09-13T06:20:55.770319 application/epub+zip 1119139 2024-09-13T06:21:13.010222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1106184 2024-09-13T06:21:04.988269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 633263 2022-09-14T07:31:09.936118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 735181 735097 2024-09-13T06:20:53.229315 2023-09-13T11:09:26.194213 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 734945 2021-01-05T22:38:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 289717 2021-01-05T22:38:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 734947 2021-01-05T22:38:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 289602 2021-01-05T22:38:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19987 2024-09-13T06:21:13.295217 application/rdf+xml 12778 2024-09-13T06:20:56.138309 image/jpeg 3415 2024-09-13T06:20:55.952309 image/jpeg 839763 2024-09-13T06:20:55.011377 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog